by Dave Johnson | Apr 5, 2011 | Blog
This morning Representative Jan Schakowsky responded to Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's statement that Social Security and Medicare "cannot exist if we want America to be what we want America to be." Schakowsky said, “There are two stark visions of our...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 5, 2011 | Blog
I attended a We Are One event in Redwood City, California, at "Courthouse Square." The early-evening event was well-attended with maybe 250 people and a number of speakers. Most local media ignored the event. The San Francisco Chronicle had a story, We Are One rallies...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 5, 2011 | Blog
Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget plan will push rising health care costs onto those least able to afford them – the elderly, the disabled and the poor. It will do nothing to curb the rising costs imposed by the powerful complexes – insurance and drug companies, private...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 5, 2011 | Blog
For most people the "American Dream" is to be in the middle class, or to raise yourself up to be in the middle class. And people used to expect that things would get better over time for all of us. But today more people are going the other way. Many people are finding...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 5, 2011 | Blog
Back when I analyzed health plans and other benefits for a living, I asked a famous CEO what his goals were for the corporation's employee benefit plan. "I want to give them less and make them think it's more," he said. The new Republican budget proposes to radically...
by Alan Jenkins | Apr 4, 2011 | Blog, Economy
New job numbers released last Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics included some welcome news. The national unemployment rate dropped to a two-year low of 8.8% in March, with an increase of 216,000 non-farm payroll jobs. President Obama is rightly touting the...
